Adventurers & Explorers
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By: Piers Paul Read
Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds–The Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“No one will come away unmoved by the book, and no one will be able to put it down…. There is no way of reading Alive without a heightened sense of one’s own life and its
- Author: Read, Piers Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01, 2005
- ISBN10: 0060778660
- Language: English
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By: Elizabeth Letts
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling au
- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0525619348
- Language: English
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By: Alex Messenger
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartA six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it’s all about staying alive.
This true-life wilderness sur
- Author: Messenger, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1094091243
- Language: English
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier
“An ideal pairing of talent and material. … Engrossing. ..
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22, 2015
- ISBN10: 0061348112
- Language: English
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American hist… [more below]
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 521
- Publish Date: June 02 1997
- ISBN10: 0684826976
- Language: English
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By: Hammer, Joshua
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartA rollicking adventure starring three free-spirited Victorians on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass … [more below]
- Author: Hammer, Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1668015447
- Language: English
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By: Niven, Jennifer
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island
In September 1921, four young men and A- Author: Niven, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 431
- Publish Date: November 3, 2004
- ISBN10: 078688746X
- Language: English
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Freedom
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartA profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe.
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and fr- Author: Junger, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1982153423
- Language: English
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By: Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was fou… [more below]
- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 20 1997
- ISBN10: 0385486804
- Language: English
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By: Hansman, Heather
Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild
$30.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe inspiring, untold story of three incredible women who spearheaded recreation, conservation and resilience in America’s most beloved landscapes, for readers of Pam Houston and David Grann
In the spr… [more below]
- Author: Hansman, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1335013431
- Language: English
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Transformation 2026
$21.95PaperbackAdd to cartIf-or when-contact begins, it won’t start in Washington. It will begin in ordinary homes. This book is the chronicle of just such an experience. Six months after completing Communion, Whitley Strieber
- Author: Strieber, Whitley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 02 2026
- ISBN10: 9798993704104
- Language: English
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By: French, Tom
The Gap Years: Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back
$35.00HardcoverRead moreAn inspiring story of adventure and endurance in a quest to rediscover the passions of youth.
At the end of 2019, Tom French retired from a four-decade career in business, determined to return to int- Author: French, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1684583020
- Language: English
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By: Hammer, Joshua
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartAn “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing i… [more below]
- Author: Hammer, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1668015455
- Language: English
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By: Wulf, Andrea
The Traveler: One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
$38.00HardcoverRead moreStep into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom–from the bestselling auth… [more below]
- Author: Wulf, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 059380340X
- Language: English
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By: Everts, Truman
Lost in the Yellowstone: Thirty-Seven Days of Peril and a Handwritten Account of Being Lost
$14.95PaperbackRead moreIn 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, traveling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating that mysterious region. Scattered re
- Author: Everts, Truman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: April 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1607814293
- Language: English
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By: Zu Beck, Eva
The Wilder Way: A Memoir of Adventure, Freedom, and an Uncharted Life
$30.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the internationally beloved YouTube adventurer and National Geographic TV host, a singular and fearless new travel memoir packed with inspiration for leading a more vibrant, wild, and authentic l… [more below]
- Author: Zu Beck, Eva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1668223678
- Language: English
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By: McBride, Pete
Witness to Water: One Photographer’s Mission to Defend the Colorado River
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartA breathtaking journey down the lifeblood of the American West
From the crystalline headwaters of the Rocky Mountains to its shocking demise in a foamy, polluted pit in the Sonoran Desert, the Colorado
- Author: McBride, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1950253511
- Language: English
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By: Medley, Mark
Live to See the Day: Impossible Goals, Unimaginable Futures, and the Pursuit of Things That May Never Be
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cartINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day is a globe-trotting exploration of what drives certain people to pursue a dream beyond all logic, reason, or rewar- Author: Medley, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 0771062265
- Language: English
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By: Lundgren, Chris
Her Denali Solo: A Woman Alone on North America’s Highest Peak
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn 1990, when only fifty of the thousand annual attempts to climb Denali were made by women, Norma Jean Bowers summited without assistance. As a solo climber, she could not rope to others for safety a
- Author: Lundgren, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: January 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1684922755
- Language: English
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By: Shively, Dave
The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking’s Boldest Voyage
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartWinner of the 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature!
In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawa- Author: Shively, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1493058436
- Language: English
















